Shorten the negative response code log message.

[apps/low-level-can-service.git] / README.mkd

diff --git a/README.mkd b/README.mkd
index 041eff4..8f9574f 100644 (file)
--- a/README.mkd
+++ b/README.mkd
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-OBD-II Support Library in C
-=============================
+Unified Diagnostic Services (UDS) Support Library in C
+======================================================

 
 

-This is a platform agnostic C library that implements the standard On Board
-Diagnostics system for vehicles. It currently supports OBD-II running over CAN
-(ISO 15765-4), which uses the ISO-TP (ISO 15765-2) protocol underneath.
+This is a platform agnostic C library that implements the Unified Diagnostics
+Services protocol for automotive electronics. UDS is documented in ISO 14229 and
+is the underpinning for the more well-known On-board Diagnostics (OBD) standard.
+The library currently supports UDS running over CAN (ISO 15765-4), which uses
+the ISO-TP (ISO 15765-2) protocol for message framing.

 
 This library doesn't assume anything about the source of your diagnostic message
 requests or underlying interface to the CAN bus. It uses dependency injection to
 
 This library doesn't assume anything about the source of your diagnostic message
 requests or underlying interface to the CAN bus. It uses dependency injection to


@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ system:
     // required, this must send a single CAN message with the given arbitration
     // ID (i.e. the CAN message ID) and data. The size will never be more than 8
     // bytes.
     // required, this must send a single CAN message with the given arbitration
     // ID (i.e. the CAN message ID) and data. The size will never be more than 8
     // bytes.

-    void send_can(const uint16_t arbitration_id, const uint8_t* data,
+    bool send_can(const uint16_t arbitration_id, const uint8_t* data,

             const uint8_t size) {
         ...
     }
             const uint8_t size) {
         ...
     }


@@ -37,8 +39,8 @@ With your shims in place, create a `DiagnosticShims` object to pass them around:
 
     DiagnosticShims shims = diagnostic_init_shims(debug, send_can, set_timer);
 
 
     DiagnosticShims shims = diagnostic_init_shims(debug, send_can, set_timer);
 

-With your shims in hand, send a simple PID request to the stadnard broadcast
-address, `0x7df`:
+With your shims in hand, send a simple PID request to the standard broadcast
+address, `0x7df` (we use the constant `OBD2_FUNCTIONAL_BROADCAST_ID` here):

 
     // Optional: This is your callback that will be called the response to your
     // diagnostic request is received.
 
     // Optional: This is your callback that will be called the response to your
     // diagnostic request is received.


@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ address, `0x7df`:
 
     DiagnosticRequestHandle handle = diagnostic_request_pid(&shims,
             DIAGNOSTIC_STANDARD_PID, // this is a standard PID request, not an extended or enhanced one
 
     DiagnosticRequestHandle handle = diagnostic_request_pid(&shims,
             DIAGNOSTIC_STANDARD_PID, // this is a standard PID request, not an extended or enhanced one

-            0x7df, // the request is going out to the broadcast arbitration ID
+            OBD2_FUNCTIONAL_BROADCAST_ID, // the request is going out to the broadcast arbitration ID

             0x2, // we want PID 0x2
             response_received_handler); // our callback (optional, use NULL if you don't have one)
 
             0x2, // we want PID 0x2
             response_received_handler); // our callback (optional, use NULL if you don't have one)
 


@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ If you want to do more besides PID requests on mode 0x1 and 0x22, there's a
 lower level API you can use. Here's how to make a mode 3 request to get DTCs.
 
     DiagnosticRequest request = {
 lower level API you can use. Here's how to make a mode 3 request to get DTCs.
 
     DiagnosticRequest request = {

-        arbitration_id: 0x7df,
+        arbitration_id: OBD2_FUNCTIONAL_BROADCAST_ID,

         mode: OBD2_MODE_EMISSIONS_DTC_REQUEST
     };
     DiagnosticRequestHandle handle = diagnostic_request(&SHIMS, &request, NULL);
         mode: OBD2_MODE_EMISSIONS_DTC_REQUEST
     };
     DiagnosticRequestHandle handle = diagnostic_request(&SHIMS, &request, NULL);